No date set as judge reserves decision in RCMP officer’s sentencing

By Bob Mackin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince George Citizen The Provincial Court judge who will sentence an RCMP officer found guilty of obstruction of justice reserved decision on Tuesday, Jan. 13 but did not set a date. “I’ll need about an hour,” Judge Michael Fortino said. “I can be personally ready within the next two weeks to deliver a decision.” The Crown wants Fortino to send Arthur Dalman, 33, to jail for six months. But Dalman’s defence lawyer proposed a conditional discharge. Lawyers for both sides will go to court schedulers on Jan. 16. “I know that this matter has been extant for some time, and there’s a high interest in seeing a conclusion on all parts, and so I’d like to be able to give a decision in…

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